Chávez and Power

The two as of late seem inseparable. More so now that Chávez will have a nation of informers. Venezuela is forming into Cuba day by day. The sad thing is, Chávez admits it, and encourages it. Click here for the article, excerpt below.

President Hugo Chávez has used his decree powers to carry out a major overhaul of this country's intelligence agencies, provoking a fierce backlash here from human rights groups and legal scholars who say the measures will force citizens to inform on one another to avoid prison terms.

Under the new intelligence law, which took effect last week, Venezuela's two main intelligence services, the DISIP secret police and the DIM military intelligence agency, will be replaced with new agencies, the General Intelligence Office and General Counterintelligence Office, under the control of Chávez.

The Chávez Authoritarian Checklist.
1. Create an external foe: Check
2. Breakup of political opposition: Check
3. Build up your military: Check
4. Nationalization: Check
5. Rule partially by decree: Check
6. Support terrorist groups: Check
7. Build a network of informants: Pending
8. Re-education camps: Soon to follow
9. Total rule by decree: Soon to follow

Venezuela: Cuba in waiting.

Where I found this article:
Drudge Report